Rocky ComfortMO
Settled in 1876, this town now has 253 residents.
Is Rocky Comfort a good place to live?
Rocky Comfort’s average trip to work is 38 minutes, above both Missouri’s towns (22 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). No town among the 248 in Missouri we compare has a higher median age than Rocky Comfort. Rocky Comfort has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
253 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Rocky Comfort.
Natural hazards: very high risk in Rocky Comfort, mostly inland flooding
Federal aid has come to Rocky Comfort households in 5 declared disasters; the latest was in 2019. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 83% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 52% come from inland flooding and 15% from drought.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most people working in Rocky Comfort commute elsewhere
The top destinations are Neosho (10%), Rogers (8%) and Bentonville (7%). Among residents in Rocky Comfort, 7.5% live below the poverty line. For half of commuters, work is under 30 miles away.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and hot summers: that is Rocky Comfort’s year
Its July high stands at 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Rocky Comfort stands out in Missouri and nationally: a larger share of its adults report frequent physical distress
The share of adults in Rocky Comfort who have obesity: 44%. Only 10 of the 248 Missouri towns we compare have a higher share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Rocky Comfort. Of 32 CDC measures, Rocky Comfort beats the Missouri average on 1 and trails it on 21.
| Rocky Comfort | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 30% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Rocky Comfort | MO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.2% | 16.3% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 30.9% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical home in Rocky Comfort: about $248K
Values rose 7.4% in the 12 months to September 2026. Just over half of households are owner-occupiers in Rocky Comfort.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Rocky Comfort
Moving to Rocky Comfort: who provides what
Rocky Comfort is unincorporated, so McDonald County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
100% of working residents leave Rocky Comfort for work
Where Rocky Comfort’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Rocky Comfort; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Rocky Comfort residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
About Rocky Comfort
Census-designated place in Missouri, United States
Rocky Comfort is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McDonald County, Missouri, United States, on Missouri Route 76. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 176. A post office called Rocky Comfort has been in operation since 1876. Some say the community was named for the rocky terrain in an idyllic setting, while others believe the name is a transfer from Rocky Comfort, Arkansas. The community is mentioned in Dennis Murphy's poem of 1941, The Doomed Race, and is both title and setting for Wayne Holmes' 2009 memoir, Rocky Comfort. From 1902 to 1908, when it moved to nearby Fairview, the Horner Institute, a private school offering courses from the eighth grade thr…
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,339 ft
- ZIP code
- 64861
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